Welcome to the Honor Bell Foundation. Home to the Honor Bell.

This is the most amazing tribute to a fallen warrior I have heard since taps and the 21 gun salute. I am honored to be part of the Colorado history this bell will bring to our veterans. It is a humbling reminder anywhere it may go.

Why Support Us?

The Honor Bell visiting Kiowa Elementary school in eastern Colorado

The Honor Bell Foundation is committed to creating a community of veterans to foster public appreciation of military service and honor their fellow veterans with a proper, final tribute. We use the Honor Bell, a 1,000-pound custom-forged bell to deliver bell honors to military service men and women who have passed away. Veteran volunteers known as Bell Guards perform these honors for their comrades. They also take the bell to community events and schools to teach people about the value of military service and the respect and admiration that is due to our heroes in uniform.

These services are provided free of charge because people like you make them possible with your support.

What do Bell Honors mean to the families of veterans?

Soldiers from the US Army assist with Bell Honors at a recent funeral

As the family of one former marine told us, “The tolling of Honor Bell represented the full life cycle of Bill and his military service to our country. It was incredibly meaningful for Bill to be honored by his fellow veterans. They provided Bill with a proper, final tribute. Having Honor Bell Foundation at Bill’s remembrance will be a memory that will be emblazoned on our hearts forever.”

The Honor Bell Foundation’s mission is to create a community of veterans to foster public appreciation of military service and honor their fellow veterans with a proper, final tribute. We are a Colorado nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation based in Denver. Our primary purpose is to provide a unique funeral honor for Colorado’s deceased military veterans through the slow ringing, known as tolling, of a ceremonial bell. The foundation also will provide veteran outreach and community education.